Play Submissions Helper and experienced playwright, Andrew Black, bring you the PSH podcast! Whether you are a novice or experienced playwright, our episodes will cover every stage of the playwrighting experience. We want to do everything we can to help you get produced! Check out our insane compendium of production contests at www.playsubmissionshelper.com Andrew Black has an undergraduate degree in Radio/TV from Indiana University MFA in playwriting from Ohio University. He has been writing plays since 2001. His first play (co-written with collaborator, Patricia Milton) was written in 2001. The play was the finalist in a national playwriting contest in 2002, was produced for the first time in San Diego in 2003 (Fritz Blitz) and has since been produced across the country, including a production in NYC. The play is called Porn Yesterday. He has been in continuous production since then. His most recent play Puppet Man had its world premiere at Theatre on the Square in Indianapolis in January, and his play Another Man’s Slingbacks will be produced at Khaos Company Theater in June.
Podcast Ten Agenda Getting Started Getting the Idea and Developing It Developing Ideas Before You Begin Writing Workshops and Classes/Writers Groups O...
Welcome/Start-Up’s The Handout Who Am I? (Your host, Andrew Black, playwright, and your sponsor, Play Submissions Helper) The Teaching Examples in thi...
Podcast Eight Agenda Welcome/Start-Up’s The Handout Plot: What and Why? What Is a Plot? Why Is It Important? Principles of Plotting The Plot in Relati...
Podcast Seven Agenda Welcome/Start-Up’s The Handout Who Am I? (Your host, Andrew Black, playwright, and your sponsor, Play Submissions Helper) Teach...
• Teaching Examples Used in this Podcast • Old and New World Order: What and Why? What Is Old World Order? Protagonal Point of View Old World Order as...
HAPPY NEW YEAR PLAYWRIGHTS!! Start your New Year's Resolution with PSH -- listen to "The Play's the Thing" for a step-by-step guide to playwrighting, ...
Podcast Four Agenda Welcome/Start-Up’s The handout Who am I? (Your host, Andrew Black, playwright, and your sponsor, Play Submissions Helper) Teaching...
Episode 3 discusses the Seven Key Elements of Narrative: 0. How Do I Use These Seven Key Elements 1. The Protagonist 2. The Major Dramatic Question / ...
Episode 2 covers the process of coming up with an idea for a play. Where do ideas come from? How can you train yourself to look out for ideas? Think c...
How is theater different from other art forms? What are the implications for the playwright? What kinds of theatrical narrative will benefit the mos...